Senior IT Business Analyst - Prescot, United Kingdom - Alfred H Knight
Description
WHAT IS ON OFFER
ABOUT US
Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family-owned business spanning five generations.
A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enables global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to themetals and minerals and solid fuels industries.
We have honed & carefully crafted our reputation. Delivering knowledge and professionalism in all aspects of weighing, sampling and analysis. We thrive by continuing to re-invest in our facilities, technology and people.DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Mentor and coach other members of the Business Applications team.
- Lead the requirements engineering phase of the SDLC.
- Lead workshops and interviews with key business stakeholders, to elicit and capture both the user's and organisation's requirements.
- Define the business problem and primary objectives of new projects. Identify and validate the key business requirements.
- Elicit and analyse functional, nonfunctional and technical requirements from business stakeholders.
- Understand problem domain and explain complex issues in clear terms to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Use data modelling practices to analyse requirements and create recommendations for business change.
- Consider opportunities and potential risks to any recommendations you have made.
- Gain agreement, usually from senior management, of the best method of introducing your recommendations to the business once developed.
- Effectively communicate the benefits of your recommendations across departments and address any uncertainty and concern.
- Support the staff and teams in implementing your recommendations, including support in resolving any related issues.
- Perform gap analysis on the tobe versus the asis process, to verify that any existing functions are not affected by your recommendations.
- Evaluate potential software solutions, including offtheshelf and open source components, and the system architecture to ensure that they meet business requirements.
- Capture and document functional requirements in the form of use cases and user stories. Coordinate walkthrough and sign offs, verifying the accuracy of the requirements with business users.
- Write thorough UAT scripts to validate the solution against the business outcomes.
- Lead UAT phase of SDLC with business users to obtain signoff on the solution against the business requirements.
- Assist with project preinitiation phase by supporting business users in presenting business cases and supporting the IT department to conduct feasibility studies on solution options.
- To undertake other duties of an appropriate nature in consultation with line manager.
- Prioritise/refine product backlog as and when required, ensuring user stories and requirements are adequately prepared and prioritised for development.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Educated to degree level (high grade).
- 3+ years experience in a business analysis role or carrying out business analysisrelated activities.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to talk to and present to a range of audiences, sometimes acting as a translator between parties.
- Excellent analytical skills and an informed, evidencebased approach.
- The ability to work under pressure on multiple projects within your project timeframes.
- The ability to motivate others and lead change.
- A passion for creating solutions with a positive attitude to change.
- A strong interest in business and business development.
- A good understanding and grasp of information technology.
- Experience using modelling languages such as UML and BPMN.
- Experience dealing with senior stakeholders.
- Able to demonstrate and understand the role of the Business Analyst in both an Agile and Waterfall environment.
- BCS/IIBA Certified.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Metals and Minerals sector experience.
- LIMS, JTS and/or Mobile Data Capture experience.
- Spanish language skills.
- Experience using tools such as Asana, Redmine, Git, Lucidchart/MS Visio and Google Apps.
Overseas travel may be required from time to time, to facilitate workshops and participate in project initiation and/or feasibility studies.
BENEFITS:
We are offering an excellent opportunity with a salary and benefits package to match including pension, life assurance and an employee assistance programme.
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